Edward Sapir Quotes

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

Edward Sapir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 26, 1884 - February 4, 1939

Topics

CommunicationReflectionProblems

The core of the consulting business is going in and essentially making yourself indispensible by eating the brain of the organization, meaning that the consultants go in and assume key functions in the organization.

Matthew Stewart

BusinessYourselfBrainOrganization

Nature is an incredible cooperative. When things operate outside of that cooperative, they die off. It's a very simple rule that nature operates under.

Tom Shadyac

NatureSimpleDieOutsideThings

BMX is kind of a big guy sport, you know.

Donny Robinson

YouKnowKindBigGuyBig Guy

The Internet is not pervasive as it could be, or democratic.

Chris Sacca

InternetDemocraticCouldPervasive

Most people have no idea what something would sound like if it wasn't an MP3.

Brian Eno

PeopleSoundSomethingWouldIdea

I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a lot more fun than Robin Williams doing forty minutes of material.

Bruce McCulloch

LoveDayFunBad DayThinkComedy

The emotional magnets beneath home and workplace are in the process of being reversed. Work has become a form of 'home' and home has become 'work.'

Arlie Russell Hochschild

WorkHomeProcessWorkplaceBecome

I'm not going to be the same as I was when I've made so many bad mistakes.

Allen Iverson

MistakesBadSameGoingMadeMany

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.

Sellapan Ramanathan

PerceptionNewDevelopmentMy Own

I've read a lot of different versions of myself - and all of them are true because it's all opinion, and they're as accurate as it can ever be. But I don't think that I've been deft at hiding parts of my personality.

Emma Stone

MyselfPersonalityOpinionThink

Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which is good.

Elon Musk

GoodFoodEnvironmentalWilderness

I voted to repeal the individual mandate in Obamacare... I think people appreciate the fact that they know where you stand.

David Jolly

PeopleThinkAppreciateStandYou

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